Russian President Dmitry Medvedev plans to hold a personal meeting with NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen in Sochi, Dmitry Rogozin, Russia's NATO envoy, said on Friday.
"A personal meeting of the NATO Secretary General and the Russian president will take place," Rogozin said.
The Russian Black Sea resort city of Sochi will host an offsite session of the Russia-NATO Council on July 4, the Kremlin press service said late last month.
Rogozin said NATO representatives are expected to arrive to Sochi late on July 3.
Russia is expected to discuss with the alliance agreements made during the NATO-Russia Council summit in Lisbon in November 2010 on the European missile shield cooperation.
NATO insists the shield should have two independent systems that exchange information, while Russia favors a joint system with full-scale interoperability.
The NATO-Russia Council was established in 2002. It provides bilateral cooperation and consultations on current security problems, including the fight against terrorism, Afghanistan cooperation, missile defense, and non-proliferation of weapons.
